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let's get the story from washington d.c. marion international ceo and president. great to see you. many types of travelers, business, leader, the frugal traveler all use different brands of hotels. collectively how was the traveler doing? >> the individual traveler is doing great as we speak. the only pause in our report this morning was the near term group business. a little bit soft. so when you look at the individual business travelers, families taking vacation. what we saw, about six, seven, 8%. that has been steady. really strong performance. liz: which group is -- in them separating them from the actual group traveler, but a business traveler, leisure traveler with a little bit more money? who is doing the best? >> that they put the business traveler and leisure, but probably the higher end leisure is strongest. you talk about ritz-carlton. we had a dozen ritz-carlton resorts in florida who are performing very, very well. the west coast's performing great. those are driven often buy high-end leisure travel. but the working traveler is back on the road. so ibm executive, ibm s
let's get the story from washington d.c. marion international ceo and president. great to see you. many types of travelers, business, leader, the frugal traveler all use different brands of hotels. collectively how was the traveler doing? >> the individual traveler is doing great as we speak. the only pause in our report this morning was the near term group business. a little bit soft. so when you look at the individual business travelers, families taking vacation. what we saw, about six,...
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i was a washington reporter for about 20 years and i'm still based in washington but i do not cover washington anymore. in those years, before i did tech i covered national security, the state department, economicsce agencies, , organized labor, environment, deputy bureau chief of "wall street journal." i picked up technology, computers as a hobby. 1980 -- 1981 and in 1991, at my request, i decided that the paper allowed me to switch what i was doing. even though i physically remained here in washington, i began an entirely different gig reviewing these tech products, not just hardware but software, , anything consumer that was digital. and i've been doing that for 23 years. >> if you give something a bad review, it doesn't affect sales of that product? does, but i do not think it always does. it has been written not by me but by others that if i give a good review of it will boost sales of the product. the best comparison is to a movie reviewer. the best movie reviewers will give sterling reviews to some movies that have a very small , that are take watched by relatively few people . and some
i was a washington reporter for about 20 years and i'm still based in washington but i do not cover washington anymore. in those years, before i did tech i covered national security, the state department, economicsce agencies, , organized labor, environment, deputy bureau chief of "wall street journal." i picked up technology, computers as a hobby. 1980 -- 1981 and in 1991, at my request, i decided that the paper allowed me to switch what i was doing. even though i physically remained...
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having had much response from washington? what efforts are in the works for policy change? you are sending out an agenda. are they just ignore knew his usual? >> i think people understand that the private sector moves faster than the public sector. so we are seeing women start circles all over. a lot of people are asking for raises. i want you all to have raises. on the corporate sector, men like john tamers, he assigned the book is top 200 people and said that i thought it was that it does, we are not so good at this. we are going to get better. stood on a stage and he said the only way to be the best company is to have the best individuals. women are 50% of the population. warren buffett talk all about women this year. i want men and women to invest in women not to be nice but because it is their bottom line. >> we face a global competitiveness with asia and asia continues to discriminate against women. it is pretty clear that you need everyone working together. so this argument favors your arguments for women. >> economic growth, a good% of it has been in the workforce.
having had much response from washington? what efforts are in the works for policy change? you are sending out an agenda. are they just ignore knew his usual? >> i think people understand that the private sector moves faster than the public sector. so we are seeing women start circles all over. a lot of people are asking for raises. i want you all to have raises. on the corporate sector, men like john tamers, he assigned the book is top 200 people and said that i thought it was that it...
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he will be returning to washington august 18. he vacationed at the vineyard before, 2009, 2010, and 2011. this time, staying in a new location near public roads, so the road will be closed. later tonight, remarks by state davis ineend -- wendy texas as well at her filibuster as a texas -- of a texas abortion bill. >> many of you heard my name for the first time last month when, as allison said, in the last hours of the texas legislative session, the partisans and power attempted to pass not just an abortion bill, but a bill that would block health care access to tens of thousands of women across the state of texas. in the process, these partisan lawmakers were seeking to rob texas women of their voice. because when women showed up at to testify, and they showed up by the thousands, many of them were turned away. and they were unable to give voice to an issue that had a very real impact on their lives. fo
he will be returning to washington august 18. he vacationed at the vineyard before, 2009, 2010, and 2011. this time, staying in a new location near public roads, so the road will be closed. later tonight, remarks by state davis ineend -- wendy texas as well at her filibuster as a texas -- of a texas abortion bill. >> many of you heard my name for the first time last month when, as allison said, in the last hours of the texas legislative session, the partisans and power attempted to pass...
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kimberly is joining us now from washington. kimberly, james there just talking about action. the u.s. military -- these are according to reports -- is ready to act on syria immediately if asked. what type of action are we talking about here? how ready are there? >> there has been positioning going on for a number of days. are four destroyers that are positioned into the eastern mediterranean as well as u.s. war planes who are able to strike syrian targets. as you point out, and as chuck hagel pointed out, whenever president obama gives the call. but he is continuing to consult with his war planners and the international community, and continuing to strategize on how best to make the plan. we know it will be limited in duration in size and scope. one of the reasons for this is not only is there the desire to disable assad's air power in some way, but also a desire by the american people not to draw soldiers into an all-out conflict, so this is something that is -- well, trying to, as secretary of state put on monday send a message to syria that the international norm cannot be
kimberly is joining us now from washington. kimberly, james there just talking about action. the u.s. military -- these are according to reports -- is ready to act on syria immediately if asked. what type of action are we talking about here? how ready are there? >> there has been positioning going on for a number of days. are four destroyers that are positioned into the eastern mediterranean as well as u.s. war planes who are able to strike syrian targets. as you point out, and as chuck...
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now 50 years after the march on washington, new civil rights leaders descend on the lincoln memorial where martin luther king, jr. once told us he had a dream. >> come on, let's go! >>> the fast-moving wildfire that has consumed 165 square miles has entered yosemite national park. and having doubled in size in just one day, it's now bearing down on thousands of structures. >>> she was tried, convicted and monday she'll be back in
now 50 years after the march on washington, new civil rights leaders descend on the lincoln memorial where martin luther king, jr. once told us he had a dream. >> come on, let's go! >>> the fast-moving wildfire that has consumed 165 square miles has entered yosemite national park. and having doubled in size in just one day, it's now bearing down on thousands of structures. >>> she was tried, convicted and monday she'll be back in
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have you had much response from washington? buffers are in the works? does anybody actually listening to you for ignoring you as usual? >> people are listening. the private sector is faster than the public sector. the fact is changed in the book are people and companies and individual women in them. we see women start circles all over. we see a lot of engagement. a lot of people asking for raises. please keep telling everyone. i'm what you ought to have races. men like john chambers. john chambers assigned the book too at the top 400 people and publicly said i thought it was good at this. we are not so good at this. we are going to get better. he stood on a stage and he said the only way to be the best company in the world does have the best pallet pivot men are 50% of the population. lauren buffett talked all about women this year as a competitive advantage. i want men and women running companies to invest in women not to be nice, but because it's the bottom line. >> the other argument in favor as we face the global competitiveness of beja and asia con
have you had much response from washington? buffers are in the works? does anybody actually listening to you for ignoring you as usual? >> people are listening. the private sector is faster than the public sector. the fact is changed in the book are people and companies and individual women in them. we see women start circles all over. we see a lot of engagement. a lot of people asking for raises. please keep telling everyone. i'm what you ought to have races. men like john chambers. john...
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to cross the chinese defense concerns i'm joined by and you'll gupta in washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and in c. ard also in washington we have matthew ski venza he is an associate editor of the china channel at the atlantic and in boston we cross to john walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want join if i go to you first in boston do you think that the chinese feel like this is a policy of containment we had containment during the cold war of the soviet union we have containment of iran now so china's next well i think there's little doubt about that because the united states secretary john kerry secretary of state says and others say that we the united states is sending sixty percent of a vast military armada to to the to the east asia the western pacific now they say the excuse given is there's more economic activity there so the u.s. needs to send troops. well down the
to cross the chinese defense concerns i'm joined by and you'll gupta in washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and in c. ard also in washington we have matthew ski venza he is an associate editor of the china channel at the atlantic and in boston we cross to john walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in...
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joining us on the phone from jackson hole is neil irwin at the washington post. and still with us is jerry wetman at oppenheimer funds. let's talk about whether the markets should actually care about the jackson hole meeting this time around, given the very long absentee list. what do you think? >> i wouldn't expect it to be a major keeper of news the way it has been in the past. >> go ahead. >> sure. it is funny, the -- in the years past it has been this kind of earth shaking thing where there is clear guidance on where the monetary policy is heading. there is going to be academic talk about what is the new consensus of what is going forward. we had an extraordinary intervention over the last several years, now kind of a moment to reassess. is qe working? is forward guidance working? what is the general consensus of the future? >> jerry, let me bring you in. do you care about jackson hole this year? do you think the markets were? >> i don't think in the short-term the markets should care much about what is happening in jackson hole. here is what i think is impli
joining us on the phone from jackson hole is neil irwin at the washington post. and still with us is jerry wetman at oppenheimer funds. let's talk about whether the markets should actually care about the jackson hole meeting this time around, given the very long absentee list. what do you think? >> i wouldn't expect it to be a major keeper of news the way it has been in the past. >> go ahead. >> sure. it is funny, the -- in the years past it has been this kind of earth shaking...
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in what in washington which i reply to what we've already heard. yes exactly because i mean you know basically the last thing we should expect last thing the chinese would expect or any other government to expect is that for the u.s. to act irrationally and you know i mean given that asia has about fifty five percent of the world's population it's more than thirty percent of world g.d.p. by another ten years asia will be more than us and europe combined by g.d.p. and so and of course you know economic power and military power. you know highly correlated but in the medium to long term and so it's rational for the u.s. to be focusing in terms of quote unquote the pivot economic political pivot towards asia that's number one number two is so we should not expect the u.s. to act irrationally and that's kind of the invasion of iraq was the rational was and it wasn't wasn't that irrational wait wait wait wait of course it was it rational that was completely stupid on the us part but just because the us acted irrationally doesn't mean that it's good for t
in what in washington which i reply to what we've already heard. yes exactly because i mean you know basically the last thing we should expect last thing the chinese would expect or any other government to expect is that for the u.s. to act irrationally and you know i mean given that asia has about fifty five percent of the world's population it's more than thirty percent of world g.d.p. by another ten years asia will be more than us and europe combined by g.d.p. and so and of course you know...
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instead someone attitude to that and they're getting in and out of washington d.c. that sounds like a dumb as move right there. >> that's what it sounds like. mannesmann had no idea it was to lower-level employees. neil: a bunch of technical shows. >> absolutely, and this is a problem we have. these entities doing things that our elected officials give them the authority to do. there are zero checks and balances. and the recourse the american people have is to hold those people that are giving this accountability in giving all this authority away accountable to the american people. we will all be labeled some sort of threat at some point. look what they're doing to tea partier shrek now. we have to rein in the federal government and do it now before it's too late. >> we did have structures in place including this overseeing carter did not even know about eventually they got wind of a lot of this stuff months after. and only then will you doing is not ilusive of the constitution. you better stop doing it. it already done it in the damage was done and a lot of innocen
instead someone attitude to that and they're getting in and out of washington d.c. that sounds like a dumb as move right there. >> that's what it sounds like. mannesmann had no idea it was to lower-level employees. neil: a bunch of technical shows. >> absolutely, and this is a problem we have. these entities doing things that our elected officials give them the authority to do. there are zero checks and balances. and the recourse the american people have is to hold those people that...
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until then, a discussion on the healthcare law from " washington journal. " washington journal." thank you for joining us this morning to try to demonstrate what is going on across the country. let me read you three headlines. this is from cleveland, ohio ,nsurance department they claim obamacare premium "the washington post," here is why health insurance are tumbling in new york. and the miami herald says health insurance prices will spike. what is going on with insurance rates right now? what do we know for certain? guest: a lot of the obamacare benefits are about to take effect starting in january. a big part is these insurance exchanges that states they could help people who buy insurance on their own or those who do not get insurance at work. it is for many of the millions of uninsured now. there has been a lot of concern with some of the changes that health care costs would spike, because with some of the changes that health care costs some of the changes that health care costs sell insurance. insurance companies now turn away because they think it is too high of a risk. th
until then, a discussion on the healthcare law from " washington journal. " washington journal." thank you for joining us this morning to try to demonstrate what is going on across the country. let me read you three headlines. this is from cleveland, ohio ,nsurance department they claim obamacare premium "the washington post," here is why health insurance are tumbling in new york. and the miami herald says health insurance prices will spike. what is going on with...
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tonight, -- martha washington. tonight we focus on frances cleveland. >> frances cleveland was a celebrity first later unlike any before her.and the mass production of her image to sell a bride of goods by the consumer industry angered her and her
tonight, -- martha washington. tonight we focus on frances cleveland. >> frances cleveland was a celebrity first later unlike any before her.and the mass production of her image to sell a bride of goods by the consumer industry angered her and her
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tracie potts joins us live in washington with a preview. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. it's not unusual to have this august press conference. congress is gone. his republican critics are gone. the president takes the spotlight and can make headlines here. there's a huge agenda for this. he has a lot to talk about internationally, our involvement in the unrest in syria and in egypt, but even more recently, this terror threat that has shut down 19 embassies and a separate one as you just noted that shut down the embassy in pakistan. what is going on abroad and what is the u.s. doing to fight terror? that is likely to be a big topic today, not to mention the cancellation of the russian summit with president putin and what that does for u.s. relations. what is going on with edward snowden? is he ever going to make it back here to face charges? the president will address a lot of those issues today. while his relationship with putin seems frosty right now, we have two russian officials who are coming here to washington to meet with the russian counterparts at the state and d
tracie potts joins us live in washington with a preview. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. it's not unusual to have this august press conference. congress is gone. his republican critics are gone. the president takes the spotlight and can make headlines here. there's a huge agenda for this. he has a lot to talk about internationally, our involvement in the unrest in syria and in egypt, but even more recently, this terror threat that has shut down 19 embassies and a separate one as you...
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and i recently had the opportunity to go to the national gallery of art in washington, d.c. and i was walking through the gallery and i got totally photo happy taking these pictures of clouds. and i realized that i needed to self-curate and refine it because when i was flying home to san francisco i was taking pictures of the clouds outside of the window of the plane and i thought that i just need to synthesize this and i did a little bit of looking around of what other art historians have said about clouds and land scapes there is a wonderful series called the met connections and the met museum of art has created this of talking about themes or other ideas that have to do with their permanent collection and of course, what did determine the european paintings department and assisting in nothing other than clouds. so i am in pretty big company here trying to talk about 550 years of clouds and art. but i will do my best in 15 minutes. i also found out in talking about clouds and conversation with other curators that there was an exhibition of the center for british art that e
and i recently had the opportunity to go to the national gallery of art in washington, d.c. and i was walking through the gallery and i got totally photo happy taking these pictures of clouds. and i realized that i needed to self-curate and refine it because when i was flying home to san francisco i was taking pictures of the clouds outside of the window of the plane and i thought that i just need to synthesize this and i did a little bit of looking around of what other art historians have said...
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it's a story that nobody in washington wants to talk about. how the white house is helping them weasel out of obamacare the government says it's time to get out of mortgage business, six years after the housing bubble burst. is it a step in the right direction? >> paul: welcome to the "journal editorial report". i'm paul gigot. 19 embassies in the middle east and africa were shuttered in a global travel alert issued after communications among senior al-qaeda operatives intercepted indicating plans for a major attack were underway and calling into the question in the narrative the group is on the run. columnist brett stephens and matt cominski join me with more. on friday the u.s. closed the consulate in pakistan which i've been to which is the safest part of pakistan. are we watching the comeback of al-qaeda? >> we have been watching it for a month but now we have noticed. this last week is one, the al-qaeda core, central pakistan led by ayman al-zawahri and he is active. number two, we have seen that the al-qaeda affiliates, after al-qaeda in
it's a story that nobody in washington wants to talk about. how the white house is helping them weasel out of obamacare the government says it's time to get out of mortgage business, six years after the housing bubble burst. is it a step in the right direction? >> paul: welcome to the "journal editorial report". i'm paul gigot. 19 embassies in the middle east and africa were shuttered in a global travel alert issued after communications among senior al-qaeda operatives...
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have a great weekend. >>> coming up, the biggest guessing game in washington. who will replace this man? that's the feds chaer. you cannot believe the politics niend behind choosing his imbroimt. >>> an alarming security flaw makes this scenario possible. cnn's laurie segal has more. laurie? >> hey, christine. smart tvs are in living rooms. here at this hacker's convention we've spoken to a lot of folks and they say there are major vulnerabilities. check it out. what's eye opening here. you watch tv but with this hack, your tv can watch you. show us how it works. >> one of the things we're able to do with the tv platform is abuse the browser where we could gain access to the camera built into the tv and what we can prove here is that with a little bit of extra code we can turn the camera on in your browser. >> wow. >> and while this is evident to you here where we've designed it that way, we can do it invisibly and have it run behind the web page you're looking at. >> what this means is i could be sitting here watching tv from my bedroom and you could be anywhe
have a great weekend. >>> coming up, the biggest guessing game in washington. who will replace this man? that's the feds chaer. you cannot believe the politics niend behind choosing his imbroimt. >>> an alarming security flaw makes this scenario possible. cnn's laurie segal has more. laurie? >> hey, christine. smart tvs are in living rooms. here at this hacker's convention we've spoken to a lot of folks and they say there are major vulnerabilities. check it out. what's...
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the "washington post" reports was based on nsa compliance reports. the fact that this could be written in the first place is evident there our oversight ongoing at the nsa. these are compliance problem's that were identified and tabulated by the nsa to congress in the appropriate fashion. they are compliance issues that -- where action was taken to rectify them. what this illustrates is that there is in place at the nsa a very strict oversight regime. was asked about the king was askedt about the reports. he said there is not he said, if it works, and you have 99.9% compliant errors, and this comes from an internal report -- he went on to say it was all available. there is nothing there that bothers me. that shows me that the system works.
the "washington post" reports was based on nsa compliance reports. the fact that this could be written in the first place is evident there our oversight ongoing at the nsa. these are compliance problem's that were identified and tabulated by the nsa to congress in the appropriate fashion. they are compliance issues that -- where action was taken to rectify them. what this illustrates is that there is in place at the nsa a very strict oversight regime. was asked about the king was...
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some of you may have read the washington-based institute for science and international security report published on tuesday this week. that predicted that everyone can produce weapons-grade uranium by the middle of 2014 without being detected. in addition, as current events demonstrate, they are in turmoil. turkey has reversed direction and is pursuing is on the stand for policies that are the equal of the text. syria is in the midst of a horrific civil war. we must rely on the egyptian military prudence to avoid a similar outcome in the arab world's greatest state. recent developments of to we shed did not look promising either. the eastern mediterranean is to the stability through recorded history and the mediterranean naval force that once had to carrier battle groups consisted day of a command ship based in italy in three or so surface ships with ballistic missile defenses. in the mediterranean this soft power that the bombing administration favors in fact, is unsupported by the hard power. into the vacuum left by our departure, others are stepping. iran has said the much larger ca
some of you may have read the washington-based institute for science and international security report published on tuesday this week. that predicted that everyone can produce weapons-grade uranium by the middle of 2014 without being detected. in addition, as current events demonstrate, they are in turmoil. turkey has reversed direction and is pursuing is on the stand for policies that are the equal of the text. syria is in the midst of a horrific civil war. we must rely on the egyptian...
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john harwood reporting from washington. >>> more now on the nation's banks. just today, the federal reserve spelled out new requirements for major banks to go above and beyond regulatory minimums on capital planning levels. a new fed study says most big banks have made progress since the financial crisis on plans to weather another financial shock. some of the stress tests they said run by individual firms may be inadequate. and wants executives to better identify specific risks that their banks face in market downturns. >>> on wall street, it was a milestone kind of day. but not in a good way. for the first time this year, the dow and s&p 500 fell for a fourth consecutive session. it was the first such thing since last year. both indexes have traded in nine of the last 11 trading sessions. the dow today closed at lows of the session. it fell 71 points, to 15010. nasdaq down 13 to 1389. the s&p slid to 16.46. stocks were spooked by the usual suspects, namely hand wringing over what the fed will do next and a pesky rise in interest rates. the ten-year treasury
john harwood reporting from washington. >>> more now on the nation's banks. just today, the federal reserve spelled out new requirements for major banks to go above and beyond regulatory minimums on capital planning levels. a new fed study says most big banks have made progress since the financial crisis on plans to weather another financial shock. some of the stress tests they said run by individual firms may be inadequate. and wants executives to better identify specific risks that...
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. >> i have a dream >> pam: tens of thousands of people commemorate the march on washington and the speech of dr. martin luther king jr.. and we are here to live with more teen coverage stay with us morning is coming up. >> the flame of justice flicker and never died. and because they kept marching america change. >> pam: dr. martin luther king iconic i have a dream speech. president obama and two former presidents spoke as well as well of a number of the rights leaders. >> reporter: the bell rang as a celebration of progress and also have a call for action. >> he challenged our nation. >> reporter: on the same day in steps later >> his words beyond the long to ages leaving a power and prophecy and unmatched in our time. >> reporter: to former presidents. >> that his dream is still alive. >> that this march and that speech change america. >> let freedom ring was a doctor came closing call for a better and more just america! >> the march on washington teaches us that we are not that we are masters of our faith but it also teaches us that the promises of this nation will only be kept in one
. >> i have a dream >> pam: tens of thousands of people commemorate the march on washington and the speech of dr. martin luther king jr.. and we are here to live with more teen coverage stay with us morning is coming up. >> the flame of justice flicker and never died. and because they kept marching america change. >> pam: dr. martin luther king iconic i have a dream speech. president obama and two former presidents spoke as well as well of a number of the rights leaders....
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rob, it is good to see you over there as opposed to here in washington, d.c. i need your help though. explain to us for -- how for the past 20 years, or you can go all the way back to world war ii if you want, give us the historical perspective on this relationship . >> certainly, since world war ii, relations between china and japan have been very strange. the chinese still remember a lot of the atrocities committed by the japanese imperial army to many chinese. there is certainly not a lot of respect and rapport among the chinese chinese and japanese people. that being said, trade is one area where they have broken down a lot of cultural social areas because of the ideas that strong, improved economic relations will create -- >> what is the problem? i mean, i have spoken to a lot of people, obviously from the chinese side about this. one of the sticking points is that they feel that japan, number one, isn't sorry, and they haven't taken the position to apologize. very similar to what germany did to a lot of other countries and nationalities during world war
rob, it is good to see you over there as opposed to here in washington, d.c. i need your help though. explain to us for -- how for the past 20 years, or you can go all the way back to world war ii if you want, give us the historical perspective on this relationship . >> certainly, since world war ii, relations between china and japan have been very strange. the chinese still remember a lot of the atrocities committed by the japanese imperial army to many chinese. there is certainly not a...
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from areas such as the marina green to washington square park to sunset playground, all a moe square, civic center, bernal heights to right here in balboa park, this project is going to touch parks and plazas across all of san francisco in every corner of our city. san francisco has been a leader in our technology community and our technology economy across our country and now we get to continue to play a role in being a leader bringing technology solutions to improve the lives of our residents here in our city. it's been a privilege to work on this project and to lead this effort the last two years and look forward to bringing the broader vision of free wi-fi across san francisco in the next few years with all the partners behind me today. this has been a strong collaboration on behalf of a lot of partners. in particular, google, sf city, our recreation and park department as well as our department of technology, and i want to thank all of those involved. this project started a little over two years ago with a conversation i had with an old family friend from google. and i want to ta
from areas such as the marina green to washington square park to sunset playground, all a moe square, civic center, bernal heights to right here in balboa park, this project is going to touch parks and plazas across all of san francisco in every corner of our city. san francisco has been a leader in our technology community and our technology economy across our country and now we get to continue to play a role in being a leader bringing technology solutions to improve the lives of our residents...
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nathan -- [inaudible] of george washington university hospital. so my question is, you know, the central tenet of this plan is choice and competition in health insurance will bring down costs for families. last year i got published in the new england journal in response to dr. antos and saying that there isn't a whole lot of evidence for choice and competition bringing down cost. dr. gruber has shown a lot of choice in inconsistencies among the elderly, they pick plans that don't minimize out of pocket costs, and then dr. mcwilliams of harvard has how long medicare advantage that too many medicare advantage plans just floods people's ability to pick the appropriate plan, and they don't always respond to the generosity of plans. so, you know, how confident are we that choice and competition will improve value in health care? >> actually, so i think the brief answer, one is kind of compared to once. compared to what? it's clear that medicare, which doesn't have a lot of choice, hasn't done a particularly good job of restraining costs. so the questio
nathan -- [inaudible] of george washington university hospital. so my question is, you know, the central tenet of this plan is choice and competition in health insurance will bring down costs for families. last year i got published in the new england journal in response to dr. antos and saying that there isn't a whole lot of evidence for choice and competition bringing down cost. dr. gruber has shown a lot of choice in inconsistencies among the elderly, they pick plans that don't minimize out...
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it is the story nobody in washington wants to talk about. we will tell you how the white house is helping congress weasel out of obama care. the president says it is time for the government to get out of the mortgage business. six years after the housing bubble burst, is it a step in the right direction? >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report." 19 u.s. embassies and consulates were shuttered this week. senior al qaeda operatives were intercept. indicating the plans for a major attack were under way and calling it into question the obama administration's narrative the terror group is on the run. "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor brett stephens and editorial board member matt kaminski join me with more. just to add this list on friday, the u.s. closed the consulate in lahore, pakistan, which i have been to and which is the safest parts supposedly the safest part of pakistan. are we watching the comeback of al qaeda as a global threat? >> we have been watching it for months. it is just that only now we noticed. i think wit
it is the story nobody in washington wants to talk about. we will tell you how the white house is helping congress weasel out of obama care. the president says it is time for the government to get out of the mortgage business. six years after the housing bubble burst, is it a step in the right direction? >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report." 19 u.s. embassies and consulates were shuttered this week. senior al qaeda operatives were intercept. indicating the plans for...
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let's go to pat in washington. pat? >> caller: yes. >> go ahead, pat. >> caller: hi. >> hi. >> caller: thanks, jim, for taking my call. >> my pleasure. >> caller: i live in a little town in eastern washington on the snake river bordering idaho. we are the gateway to health canyon. and my question to you is you've always said to not have too much in one stock and i find myself having 25% of my portfolio is in costco. >> that's a tough one, pat. >> caller: i love the store, it's six miles from my house and the stock i bought very, very low and it's done very, very well. >> i know it's tough to pay the taxes. by the way, i've got to tell you i think i would have to -- 20% even as my charitable trust has a big position in costco looking to buy it at $110. let's go to bob in florida. bob? >> caller: hey, nokia, nokia. >> i'm not going to disagree with that. i've been recommending it like three and change, everyone thinks i'm a total bozo, but i think the stock can inch up to five without a problem and then we're going to ca-
let's go to pat in washington. pat? >> caller: yes. >> go ahead, pat. >> caller: hi. >> hi. >> caller: thanks, jim, for taking my call. >> my pleasure. >> caller: i live in a little town in eastern washington on the snake river bordering idaho. we are the gateway to health canyon. and my question to you is you've always said to not have too much in one stock and i find myself having 25% of my portfolio is in costco. >> that's a tough one, pat....
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well coming up after the break it's over to our washington studios for prime interest here in our team. the video game company of heroes two is facing a lot of heat from gamers inside the former soviet union in fact fourteen thousand people thus far have taken the time to sign a changed org. petition to get the game removed from former communist shelves across the land why are people so mad this looks like some sort of world war two game i mean and this type of game there's going to be a murdering of virtual rampaging through cities with rocket launchers so why did they start a petition for you to blogger called the bad comedian made a detailed twenty five minute video depicting all the gross historical inaccuracies and exaggerations throughout the game but he portrays the soviet army as a pack of slave driving before with every soviet officer wanting nothing more than to shoot his own soldiers in the back or send them to the gulag forthwith according to polygon dot com the game exploits rare moments in the wars history like some very limited battles or soviet soldiers went in unarmed
well coming up after the break it's over to our washington studios for prime interest here in our team. the video game company of heroes two is facing a lot of heat from gamers inside the former soviet union in fact fourteen thousand people thus far have taken the time to sign a changed org. petition to get the game removed from former communist shelves across the land why are people so mad this looks like some sort of world war two game i mean and this type of game there's going to be a...
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washington is in talks with the philippines. and watching r t and washington is in talks with the philippines on a new security deal it wants a greater access to the country's military facilities to deploy troops equipment aircraft and ships washington's growing engagements in the asia pacific are eating up billions of dollars with alice citing china's growing clout as a main reason why washington has been steadily beefing up its military presence in the region japan one of its made our eyes with fifty thousand american troops deployed there south korea comes in second with over twenty eight thousand military personnel well there's also the security harbor of guam which hosts several american military bases and under the asia oriana policy the us has been strengthening its alliances with this trail yet the philippines singapore thailand and vietnam deploying troops as well as seeking to sign cooperation agreements. well washington claims it's just protecting its economic interests in the region but as our scott explains that's n
washington is in talks with the philippines. and watching r t and washington is in talks with the philippines on a new security deal it wants a greater access to the country's military facilities to deploy troops equipment aircraft and ships washington's growing engagements in the asia pacific are eating up billions of dollars with alice citing china's growing clout as a main reason why washington has been steadily beefing up its military presence in the region japan one of its made our eyes...
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and the march on washington. i'm going to participate on the 50th anniversary, too. >> you were on the organizing committee for the march tell us about that. since i know one of the biggest women's advocates ever on this planet, why weren't there any women siegers? >> i can tell you there were a lot of women on the staff of march on washington which i served as a law student. where i'd been in the mississippi delta it had finally gelled. it was going to happen, came to the brilliant organizer of the march. now, i found plenty of women on this amateur staff because byron was only one who really knew what he was doing. what they are really talking about is the stake of the civil rights movement circa 1963. it was frankly more advanced than america in general. but not significantly more. there was some consciousness among the younger women that women had not gotten the opportunities and the movement they were entitled to, that is -- we saw that absolutely. >> that was stokely carmichael's organization. >> john lewis
and the march on washington. i'm going to participate on the 50th anniversary, too. >> you were on the organizing committee for the march tell us about that. since i know one of the biggest women's advocates ever on this planet, why weren't there any women siegers? >> i can tell you there were a lot of women on the staff of march on washington which i served as a law student. where i'd been in the mississippi delta it had finally gelled. it was going to happen, came to the brilliant...
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corresponding to washington. he says the u.s. government to into the president and fall out over this. revolution. there is something called the foreign intelligence surveillance court now this is a very old gus body that was set up with the whole road that it would have proved individual cases of surveillance because under american law. the f.b.i. and certainly the cia and n.s.a. are not allowed to surveil american citizens and yet what every scene with this latest revelation courtesy of it was snowden but the massive thousands of surveillance instances a year this is incredible is it as i say. the worst thing that happens for any government is political embarrassment and they have this sense gaff. in the next coming up before that in a few minutes russian champion athlete said the headlines but not for his sport. to protest. about it but take a closer look also as well the u.s. government's. currency is like a bit coy with the senate saying the sector must be regulated if you stay with this . wealthy british style. market. what
corresponding to washington. he says the u.s. government to into the president and fall out over this. revolution. there is something called the foreign intelligence surveillance court now this is a very old gus body that was set up with the whole road that it would have proved individual cases of surveillance because under american law. the f.b.i. and certainly the cia and n.s.a. are not allowed to surveil american citizens and yet what every scene with this latest revelation courtesy of it...
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you had stats in washington. you had hadn't been to washington for a number of years. tell us what your insights were. >> it does trouble me there is a lot of lobbying going on, money is playing a much greater role in washington. i was in washington 25 years ago t. role of lobbyists and the role of money and compluns of money was considerably less then. it's in part because the government has gotten so much bicker. in part because lobbyists and government really have very specific goals and they influence the way laws are created. it's a large measure because various interest groups, sometimes for legitimate reasons, sometimes not, want to get their particular point in the law. so if they become more complicated. it's a self reenforcing front. >> if we had less government, we would have necessary e less lobbyists. >> i think we need simpler laws. >> this is physics. if we had less governments. >> we want the government to do more government protection. we want more regulation. >> you agreed with me during the break. >> i agreed the laws have gotten much more complicate
you had stats in washington. you had hadn't been to washington for a number of years. tell us what your insights were. >> it does trouble me there is a lot of lobbying going on, money is playing a much greater role in washington. i was in washington 25 years ago t. role of lobbyists and the role of money and compluns of money was considerably less then. it's in part because the government has gotten so much bicker. in part because lobbyists and government really have very specific goals...
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messing in china's backyard washington ops its military aid to the philippines boosting control in the oil rich south china sea adds more fuel to the friction with beijing. plus the west government swoops on virtual currencies like bitcoin with the senate saying the sector a must be regulated. in six pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program well intense gunfire is being reported in the egyptian capital where scores of the ousted president supporters are battling a mass deployment of security forces on the streets both morsy loyalists and police officers have been killed in the kyra riots and elsewhere in the country right now you're looking at the live picture coming out of egypt and that's as islam is began nationwide marches vowing revenge after hundreds fell victim to a brutal crackdown on dissent and the army has set up checkpoints and deployed military vehicles in egypt's biggest cities and we have a correspondent bill true who is in car across it can bring us the very latest. hello bell thank you for joining us to talk about what'
messing in china's backyard washington ops its military aid to the philippines boosting control in the oil rich south china sea adds more fuel to the friction with beijing. plus the west government swoops on virtual currencies like bitcoin with the senate saying the sector a must be regulated. in six pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program well intense gunfire is being reported in the egyptian capital where scores of the ousted president...
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we talk about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley? what is their intent? what is their master vision? >> guest: what is silicon valley. google and facebook for me are just like espn, gigantic successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you have to think of this is a powerful negotiation, who gets to beat you up. google and facebook can be got to communications companies. there started in lockstep. so for those companies, they are not going to rob the boat with this particular policy problem of monopoly infrastructure. data once they go get that monopoly because they look to people like monopolies. so that you say silicon valley has google and facebook, they keep the status quo in place. bear lake jaya police who are there particular corners and have their markets. they don't beat each other up. the status quo slot in place with them. so i'm hopeful there's another silicon valley, which is an upstart to smaller companies whose future will be dependent on a lot of information flowing through an addr
we talk about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley? what is their intent? what is their master vision? >> guest: what is silicon valley. google and facebook for me are just like espn, gigantic successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you have to think of this is a powerful negotiation, who gets to beat you up. google and facebook can be got to communications companies. there started in lockstep. so for those companies,...
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we talk a lot about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley? what is their intent with this? >> guest: google and facebook for me are just like espn or these gigantic very successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you always have to think of this is a powerful negotiation. who gets to beat who up so google and facebook need each other. they are sorted in lockstep so for those companies they are not going to rock the boat with this particular policy problem of monopolies and infrastructure. they don't want to say go get that monopoly because they look to a lot of people like a monopoly so they don't want to be in that same sentence so if you are saying silicon valley is google and facebook they keep the status quo in place. they're like giant bullies in the schoolyard who are in their particular corners and they have their markets. they don't really beat each other up so the status quo is locked in place with them. i'm hopeful there is another silicon valley which is an upstart, smaller company, companies
we talk a lot about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley? what is their intent with this? >> guest: google and facebook for me are just like espn or these gigantic very successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you always have to think of this is a powerful negotiation. who gets to beat who up so google and facebook need each other. they are sorted in lockstep so for those companies they are not going to rock the boat...
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. >>> the "washington post" has been a journalistic icon in the united states. now the ceo of tech giant amazon.com is buying the paper. many traditional u.s. print media have been the targets of acquisition in the age of the digital revolution. the "washington post" has announced that amazon.com founder jeff bezos will buy the paper and its affiliated publications for $250 million. the "washington post", founded in 1877, has been hit by slumping advertising revenue and a loss of subscribers. bezos has said he will ask the post executives to remain with the paper. he has indicated that the internet will play a role in any management reforms he may carry out. he has also noted that the internet is transforming almost every aspect of the news business, adding that he will need to experiment. the question now is whether the newspaper will be able to rebuild itself under bezos. >>> a key indicator of japan's economy fell in june for the >>> the country is recognized as a nuclear power. it's not a signatory to the nuclear non pro liberation treaty. titled "town of ev
. >>> the "washington post" has been a journalistic icon in the united states. now the ceo of tech giant amazon.com is buying the paper. many traditional u.s. print media have been the targets of acquisition in the age of the digital revolution. the "washington post" has announced that amazon.com founder jeff bezos will buy the paper and its affiliated publications for $250 million. the "washington post", founded in 1877, has been hit by slumping...
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in washington d.c. who will pull their i think. well to eventually. want to know that's really what people want to know who's going to win. i think the market will when in the end because china has so much current domestically. randon event will cost collapse within from that with because they create so much station within the party with people in the party and within that i think groups so i leave. you know reached a tipping point moment i think that's a mistake you shoes will cause them collapse if they fight. against you. japan and taiwan they will truly reveal their nature there will be isolated by international community i think there will be costs. and i want to give dan the last word who will prevail over whom why he so you're looking at a possibility where no one wins and the losers of the world's people as we had to economic crisis military conflict and a terrible environmental disaster that none of these nations are facing up to. particularly. the world but it will believe that we have all of these we had three different points of view and t
in washington d.c. who will pull their i think. well to eventually. want to know that's really what people want to know who's going to win. i think the market will when in the end because china has so much current domestically. randon event will cost collapse within from that with because they create so much station within the party with people in the party and within that i think groups so i leave. you know reached a tipping point moment i think that's a mistake you shoes will cause them...